Outcome: One of the highest ranking officials indicted was associate attorney general Webster Hubbell, who pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion. Clinton avoided prosecution after he left the White House by striking a deal with prosecutors. He admitted he gave false testimony in the Lewinsky matter and accepted a $25,000 fine and suspension of his law license.

Outcome: Brown died in a plane crash in April 1996. The investigation was transferred to the Justice Department. Two of his business associates were indicted and pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns.

Outcome: Espy was indicted on 39 corruption counts in allegations that he had received financial gifts from Tyson Foods Inc., one of the companies his department regulated. Espy was acquitted on all counts.

Outcome: National Security Council officials including Oliver North, Robert MacFarlane and John Poindexter were convicted or pled guilty to charges related to misleading Congress. Their convictions were later overturned based on immunity they were granted during the Congressional hearings. By 1992, former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was under indictment on charges related to misleading Congress. Later that year, however, President George H.W. Bush pardoned Weinberger and five others charged during Iran-Contra.